KR20190140135A - Japanese Keypad for smartphone - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a keypad based on a smartphone, which can enter Japanese more easily and quickly while reducing finger fatigue. According to the present invention, the keypad has row buttons for representing か row, さ row, た row, な row, は row, ま row and ら row, and column buttons for representing あ column, い column, う column, え column and お column, wherein the row buttons and column buttons are placed on different sides of a separated keypad. Therefore, a user can effectively enter Japanese by combining the row buttons and the column buttons with reduced number of keys on the keypad and can enter Japanese more easily and quickly by consecutively pressing the row buttons and the column buttons with alternately using both hands, thereby reducing finger fatigue by reducing the range of movement of figures.

Description

Japanese Keypad {Japanese Keypad for smartphone}

The present invention relates to a Japanese keypad based on a smartphone, and more particularly, is installed in a portable terminal such as a smartphone, and can be easily and quickly inputted by crossing both hands to reflect Japanese membership. The present invention relates to a keypad that can reduce finger fatigue by minimizing a range of finger motion.

Today, due to the activation of text messages on smartphones and various SNSs, letters are often written through the keypads of smartphones. Various languages are used throughout the world through smartphones, and Japanese can also be entered through the keypad of the smartphone.

Currently, the method of using English pronunciation is widely used to input Japanese using a smartphone, but it is inconvenient for those who are not familiar with English, and it is necessary to press the button several times to enter a single Japanese character. Since it is not related to the consonant system, the first-time user needs to practice before getting used to it.

There is also a way to directly input Japanese hiragana individually, but if you input several Japanese characters with one button to match 50 Japanese consonants to a given button number, it is cumbersome because the number of button presses is increased to input one Japanese character. In order to reduce the number of times the button is pressed to enter Japanese, the number of buttons is disadvantageous. Therefore, it is necessary to develop a keypad that can easily input Japanese by pressing a small number of times with the appropriate number of buttons.

In addition, as the frequency of use of the smartphone becomes more frequent, finger fatigue builds up, and hand fatigue builds up, which affects health. In order to press a button, you have to stretch your fingers or joints by force.

Recently, a collapsible smart phone has been developed, and since such a collapsible smart phone has a wide screen that can be used when it is unfolded, a keypad used in a conventional bar type smart phone is not suitable. It is necessary to develop an efficient Japanese keypad suitable for the design of such a new smartphone.

The object of the present invention reflects the principle that Japanese can represent 50 sounds in a combination of lines and steps, so that you can easily input Japanese by pressing a few buttons, and when you enter Japanese with both hands, you can change the lines and steps with the other hand. By arranging buttons for inputting, it provides a keypad that can input Japanese quickly and efficiently. In addition, by separating a button for inputting a row and a button for inputting a step and placing the finger so that when the smartphone is held by both hands, the keypad can be provided to minimize the fatigue of the finger and to input Japanese more comfortably.

The keypad based on the smart phone according to the present invention is a button for inputting Japanese, and has a row button representing a row, a row, a row, a row, a row, a row, a row, a row, and row row. You can enter Japanese by using fewer button presses with a single button representing the steps I, D, U, E, and O, and the combination of the Hang button and the Dan button.

In addition, by installing the hang buttons in the position where the left hand is easy to touch on the keypad and by setting the dan buttons in the position where the right hand is easy to touch, the hang button and the short button are alternately inputted, and the row buttons and the short buttons are combined to make the row and the step faster. Japanese can be entered.

In addition, the keypad is separated on both sides, and the hang buttons and the short buttons are installed on different sides of the separated keypad, so that the separated keypads can be easily accessed by the left hand and the location of the right hand. It is divided and arranged on the one side of the row buttons and the other side of the button arranged to minimize the movement of the finger can input characters on a wide smartphone.

According to the present invention, a button for inputting Japanese is provided with a row button representing a row, a row, a row, a row, a row, a row, a row, a row, a row, a row, a row, a row, a row, There is a single button representing え and お, and there are individual buttons for entering や, ゆ, よ, ゎ, and を, so that Japanese can be input by the combination of a row button and a single button. Anyone who has knowledge of Japanese as well as the sound level can easily enter and provides a keypad that can be entered efficiently by reducing the number of touches of a button to be pressed to enter a single Japanese character.

Hang buttons and short buttons are arranged on different sides of the separated keypad, so that Japanese input can be made faster and more conveniently by intersecting both hands and entering the hang and short buttons continuously.

In addition, the keypad is separated on both sides, and the hang buttons and the short buttons are arranged on different sides of the separated keypad, so that when the smartphone is wide or when the user unfolds the folding smartphone to enter text or when the hand is small like a child, For users who have difficulty entering the smartphone with their hands, separate the separated keypads into positions that are easily accessible by the left hand and those that are easily accessible by the right hand, and hang buttons on the separate keypads. And buttons are arranged separately to minimize the movement and fatigue of the finger can provide a healthy smartphone life.

Figure 1. Japanese phonogram and pronunciation
Figure 2. According to the present invention, Japanese characters that can be input by one touch of a hang button and one touch of a single button (a line of characters can be input by only one touch of a single button)
Figure 3. Embodiment of the present invention
Figure 4. Input method for inputting 50 Japanese phonetic characters according to the present invention (all Japanese can be input once or twice with 50 touches)
Figure 5. English Qwerty Keyboard
Figure 6. Second Embodiment Applied to a Separate Keypad
Figure 7. Third Embodiment Applied to Collapsible Smartphone

Specific features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following description based on the accompanying drawings. However, this is not intended to limit the present invention to the specific embodiments, and mode conversion included in the spirit and technical scope of the present invention. It should be understood to include equivalents and substitutes. In the following description of the present invention, if it is determined that the detailed description of the related known technology may obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

As shown in FIG. 1, in order to input Japanese into a smart phone, Japanese hiragana or katakana in 50 consonants should be able to be input. However, if you make each button to input 50 consonants, there are so many keyboards that it is difficult to input them by hand. Therefore, in the present invention, rather than making a button for each Japanese letter, a row button representing a line ka, sa line, ta line, Na line, ha line, ma line, or line line reflecting the principle of Japanese consonant generation. In this case, Japanese characters can be inputted by a combination of a row button and a single button by placing a single button representing a step, a step, a step, a step, and a step. In other words, if you want to enter the letter め (メ), め is the letter of え on the ま line, so you can easily enter め by pressing ま on the row button followed by え. Therefore, the row 8, line か, さ, た, な, は, ま, ら and あ, い, う, え, and Ō, indicated by solid lines in FIG. (Number of rows) x 5 (number of columns) = 40 Japanese can be represented by 7 (number of rows) + 5 (number of columns) = 12 buttons. In this case, in the case of the line A, the input button can be input using the button of the column A without having a button for the line A.

There are only three lines of や, ゆ, and よ, and there are only two lines of ゎ and を, so there is no line button representing や and ゎ, and five letter buttons of や, ゆ, よ, ゎ, を. Are independently placed, and one letter button for entering a letter of ん can be placed independently.

In the case of や, ゆ, and よ, it is also used to represent the Japanese note The lower note is pronounced as a single letter with small words や, ゆ and よ at the bottom right of the い dan consonants except い. You can also enter the yo-seo by pressing only two buttons in a combination of a hang button and や, ゆ, よ. For example, if you want to express キ ゃ, you can input it with 2 button touches by pressing か line button + や. In addition, you can express キ ゃ by か line button + い short button + や. In this case, you need to touch the button three times.

There may be a button for inputting a table point to indicate the sound of Japanese. In addition, there may be a button for inputting a half-tracking point for indicating Japanese half-tracking.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the necessary buttons represent a row, a row, a row, a row, a row, a row, a row, a row, a row, a row, a row, a row, a row, a row, a row, a row, and a row. 14 buttons to enter, 6 letter buttons for や, YU, YO, YO, ゎ, を, ん, 1 button for entering a desk point (141), 1 button for entering a counter point (142), and 22 total have. An embodiment of a keypad including function buttons such as the other space key, backspace key, hiragana-katagana switch button and the like is shown in FIG. According to the present invention, as shown in FIG. 3, when the button is bound with the two buttons, the button is bundled with the button (111, 112) and the button with the button (120). You can easily enter Japanese characters with crossover input by touching and touching a button with the other hand. In the case of the yo-yo put the yo-yo button bundle 130 is installed close to the button bundle bundle 120 120 can be easily installed by crossing the combination of the row button + yoyo with both hands. The letters displayed on the row buttons may display the letters of the column A of each row (111), or may be displayed together with the letters of the column i so as not to make a mistake when entering the yo-yo (112). However, this is one example of how to display row buttons, and there is no limitation on how to display each button.

FIG. 4 illustrates a combination of buttons for inputting Japanese consonants of 50 consonants, as shown in FIG. Through the embodiment of the present invention, it can be seen that all Japanese characters of 50 consonants can be easily inputted by one or two button combinations. Compared with the English representation of the Japanese characters shown in Figure 1, it can be seen that the input is possible with less button touch than the qwerty English keypad which is a method commonly used in the Japanese input of the current smartphone. In addition, when comparing the English qwerty shown in Figure 5 and the embodiment of the present invention of Figure 3 it can be seen that the present invention is more advantageous for the two-handed cross input, thereby allowing Japanese input faster. This is because the English qwerty keypad is not a keypad made in consideration of Japanese input, whereas the present invention reflects the principle of forming 50 consonants in Japanese and separates the buttons into row button bundles (111, 112) and single button bundles (120). . For example, if you enter Japanese さ, the qwerty keypad enters the s button as shown in FIG. On the contrary, according to the present invention, the cross-input is easier because the line button is inputted in the line button bundles 111 and 112 and the input button is separated.

The superiority of the cross-input is more advantageous in an embodiment using a keypad in which row button bundles 111 and 112 and button button bundles 120 are separately installed when the smartphone is wide or folded. .

6 is a second embodiment of the present invention, the keypad is separated, and the row buttons of the row button bundles 111 and 112 are arranged on one side (100-1) of the separated keypad, and the opposite side (100-2) of the separated keypad In the illustrated smart phone arranged a single button of the button bundle 120. 7 illustrates that when the folded smartphone is unfolded according to the third embodiment of the present invention, the keypads are separately arranged on both sides of the unfolded smartphone, and the row buttons of the row button bundles 111 and 112 are arranged on one side 100-1. And on the opposite side (100-2) of the separated keypad is shown a collapsible smart phone arranged a single button bundle of buttons 120. When applied to a separate keypad Yaya, Ya, Yu, yo three buttons are preferably arranged on the same side of the button bundle bundle 120. In the second and third embodiments, since the width of the smart phone is wide, a person with a small hand may give an unreasonable fatigue to a finger because a button in the middle of the smart phone must be pushed by forcibly moving the finger. However, according to the present invention, the keypads are separated to arrange the separated keypads 100-1 and 100-2 in a range within which the fingers of both hands can easily reach, and the row buttons and the single button bundles of the row button bundles 111 and 112 are arranged. Since the single buttons of the 120 are separately arranged on both sides of the separated keypad, Japanese characters can be easily and quickly inputted through the cross-input of both hands and the finger fatigue can be reduced.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments and may be variously modified or modified without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention. will be.

10: smartphone
100: keypad
100-1: One side of separate keypad
100-2: opposite side of separate keypad
111, 112: Bundle of hang buttons
120: Bundle of buttons
130: Bundle of buttons
141: desk button
142: anti-tax button

Claims (12)

Seven row buttons representing rows ka, sa, ta, na, ha, ma, and ra;
Five dan buttons representing A dan, I dan, U dan, え Dan and O Dan;
A keypad based on a smartphone, comprising six independent buttons for entering や, ゆ, よ, ゎ, を, and ん respectively. The method according to claim 1,
Touch one of the above row button, the row button, the row button, the row button, the row button, the row button, the row button, and the row button once, and click the row button, the row button, the row button, the row button, or A keypad based on a smart phone, characterized in that one touch of one button or one button may input 35 Japanese characters consisting of the combination of the seven rows and the five columns. The method according to claim 1,
By touching one of the button, the button, the button, the button, the button, the button, and the button, it is possible to input the Japanese letters あ, い, う, え, お of the あ line. Smartphone based keypad. The method according to claim 1,
Among the YA button, YU button, and よ button, touch one of the above か line button, さ line button, た line button, な line button, は line button, ま line button, ら line button Keypad based on the smartphone, characterized in that the input of the rhythm by touching one. The method according to claim 1,
After inputting the Japanese characters, touch the desk button, smart phone-based keypad, characterized in that to convert Japanese characters to sound. The method according to claim 1,
After inputting Japanese characters, the keypad based on the smart phone, characterized in that by converting the Japanese characters into a half-tone sound by touching the button. The method according to claim 1,
The ka row button, the sa row button, the ta row button, the na row button, the ha row button, the ma row button, the row button are closely tied to one side of the keypad, and the one row button, one row button, one row button, A keypad based on a smartphone, characterized in that the one-button and one-buttons are closely tied and arranged on the opposite side of the keypad. The method according to claim 1,
The ka line button, sa line button, ta line button, na line button, ha line button, ma line button, ra line button are closely tied to one side of the keypad, and the ya, button and yu buttons are closely tied to the keypad. Keypad based smartphone, characterized in that arranged on the opposite side of the. The method according to claim 1,
The keypad is separated, so that one side of the separated keypad is arranged a row button, a row button, a row button, a row button, a row button, a row button, a row button, and the opposite side of the separated keypad The keypad is based on a smart phone, characterized in that the button, the button, the button, the button, the button, the button. The method according to claim 1,
The smartphone is a foldable smartphone, when the smartphone is unfolded, the keypad appears separated on both sides, か line button, さ line button, た line button, な line button, は line button, ま line button, ら line The buttons are arranged on one side of the separated keypad, and the button, the button, the button, the button, the button, and the button are arranged on a separate keypad on the opposite side of the folding smartphone. Based keypad. The method according to claim 1,
The keypad is separated, so that one side of the separated keypad is arranged a row button, a row button, a row button, a row button, a row button, a row button, a row button, and the opposite side of the separated keypad The keypad based on the smartphone, characterized in that the yay button, yu button, yo button is arranged. The method according to claim 1,
The smartphone is a foldable smartphone, when the smartphone is unfolded, the keypad appears separated on both sides, か line button, さ line button, た line button, な line button, は line button, ま line button, ら line Buttons are arranged on one side of the separated keypad and the ya button, YU button, YO buttons are arranged on a separate keypad on the opposite side of the folding smartphone.

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